Railway crossing



May 29, 1923. 1,456,751

B. E. WILSON RAILWAY CROSSING Filed Sepf. '19. 1921 Patented May 29, 1923.

BYRON E. WILSON, or mansion, onro, Assienon r0 THE Enron caossine COMPANY,

QEMARION, OHIO, A conronarron or cure.

RAILWAY CROSSING.

I Application filed. September 19, 1821. Serial No. 501,775..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1,.BYR0N WiLso citizen of the United States, residing at Marion, in the county of Marion and btate.

of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in jRa-ilway Crossings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to railway crossings, and the object of the invention is to construct a railroad crossing of a most efiicient and noiseless type which will be subjected to a minimum amount of wear. It is particularly adapted to that type having uninterrupted tread portions for the connecting rails, one form of which is illustrated in my prior Patent No. 1,321,691 issued Nov. 11, 1919.

It is usual in such constructions. to em ploy a movable corner piece called a block and this improvement is intended to protectthat block against dirt and other obstacles that might otherwise tend to interfere with its proper movement.

In the drawings there is illustrated the usual rectangular crossing, but the invention is adapted for use with other types of crossings and switches.

Fig. 1 is a plan view.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 22 of Fig. 1. .Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of 1g. 2.

Fig. 4: is a horizontal sect-ion of a guard rail showing the apertures, parts being broken away.

Referring to the drawing, the outgoing rails are indicated by the numerals 5 and 6, the set of rails 55 comprising the tracks of one road, while the rails 66 comprise the tracks of another road. The terminals of the rails are indicated by 5 and 6 The crossing proper is formed of rail sections 7 connecting with rails 5 and rail sections 8 connecting with rails 6.

The guard rails lOform the balance of the crossing which is. shown with open spaces or gaps between the terminals 5 and the rail sections '1" and the terminals 6 and the rail sections 8.

The blocks 11 are slidably mounted in the open spaces or gaps described in detail in my prior patent. r

The operating lever 12 extends outwardly, as shown in Fig. 1, instead of'inwardly as in my prior patent, but these removable levers are formed with camswhich operate the blocks in the same manner as in'saidprior patent. v

In order to-protect the blocks ll against interference from dirt and small. obstacles accumulating in the spaces between therails, and guard -ra=ils,. there; are formedv in the webs oft-he guard rails apertures 18 which are shown extending outwardly and downwardly from the rails. These apertures are likewise shown (Figs. 1 and 4) flaring outwardly from said rails to insure the easy passage of the dirt and small obstacles and prevent clogging;

It is apparent that the blocks 11 will cooperate with the apertures to keep the working surfaces between the blocks and guard rails open and clear of obstructions. The movement of the blocks in a diagonal direction, relative to the rail sections, is obviously advantageous in forcing the dirt into said apertures.

Having thus described my inventiom'I claim r 1. In a railway crossing, the combination of rails and rail sections at the crossing, a movable block for forming uninterrupted tread surfaces between the rails and rail sections, and apertures at the side of said block forming passageways for dirt and other obstacles, said apertures and movable block being so arranged that the'block will force dirt and small obstacles through said apertures, each of said apertures being widened in the direction of the outlet end thereof.

2. In a. crossing, the. combination of two sets of rails and rail sections at the crossings, one pair of rail sections co-operating with one set of rails, movable blocks normally in position whereby open spaces will be formed between the rails and the blocks, but capable of being moved to closed position whereby they will form uninterrupted tread portions between said rails and said rail sections, apertures formed at the side of said blocks and in line with same, means for moving the blocks and thereby forcing. the dirt and other obstacles that are present in said open space through said apertures of a downwardly flaring type in relation to the blocks.

3. In a crossing, the combination of two sets of rails and rail sections at crossings, one pair of rail sections co-operating. with one set of rails, movable blocks normally in position whereby open spaces will be formed between the rails and the blocks, but capable of being moved to closed position whereby they will form uninterrupted tread portions between said rails and said rail sections, apertures formed at the side of said blocks and in line with same, means for moving the blocks and thereby forcing the dirt and other obstacles that are present in said open space through said apertures of a down- Wardly flaring type and extending down- Wardly.

4;. In a crossing, the combination of rails and rail sections, there being formed between the terminals of the rails and the terminals of the rail sections, open spaces or BYRON E. WILSON. 

